For users of Windows 10, all those notifications which appear in the lower right-hand corner of the screen can be overwhelming. Actually, sometimes they're just downright annoying. The Windows operating system itself causes quite a few of the notifications but apps can be major culprits, as well. The good news is that you can control …
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Who Shot Liberty Valance?
I admit it. The title of today's blog post has nothing to do with its content! The picture above is from the 1962 movie "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." You might also recall there was a song of the same name by Gene Pitney. (If you want to hear it, click HERE.) Today's post …
Learning Differences
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to be a high school vo-tech teacher. I taught Graphic Arts, Electronics and Appliance Repair. I learned many things while teaching just by observing my tenth, eleventh and twelve grade students. One such lesson was that people generally learn better by one …
Tablet Action!
First, let me apologize to the following computer users: Mac, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (8.1). Today's post is strictly about Windows 10. If you're a Windows 10 user and you're using a desktop computer or a laptop computer, you normally have a screen that shows your icons, etc. Just like the Windows desktop going …
Windows 10 Recovery – Part 4
Above is a screenshot of the fourth Windows Recovery option. (If you missed the first three posts covering the other options, the link buttons are below.) This last option is called Fresh start. You can get to it by asking Cortana to open "recovery options." Once the new window opens, look at the bottom on …
Windows 10 Recovery – Part 3
This is the 3rd blog post in my series on the ways to recover Windows 10 should something go astray. In the first post (https://www.4kcc.com/blog/2018/11/30/oh-no-2/), we talked about system restore. In the last post, (https://www.4kcc.com/blog/2018/11/30/windows-10-recovery-part-2/), we explained what happens when you reset Windows 10 and how careful you need to be. In today's post, we're …
Windows 10 And Windows 11 Recovery – Part 2
In the last post, I explained the first method of trying to fix a Windows 10 or a Windows 11 problem - System Restore. (https://www.4kcc.com/blog/2018/11/30/oh-no-2/ Other Recovery Options Windows 10 and 11 give you several other recovery options, the first one is "Reset this PC." When you use this option, you are given a choice …
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Oh, No!
My apologies to my Mac customers and friends as this post is strictly about Windows 10! Earlier this week, I had a customer log into Remote Technical Support (https://www.4kcc.com/rts) and their computer looked like it had just come out of the box. Just about every program that had been installed was missing except for those …
Windows 10 October Update
Yesterday, October 2, 2018, Microsoft released it's newest edition of Windows 10 - Version 1809. The update will slowly be pushed out to the millions of computers running Windows 10. Of course, here at KCC, I upgraded my main computer manually, as soon as the update was ready for download. When the update was finished, …